WSTA announces new chief executive
The Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has appointed an experienced Government official as its new chief executive.
Archives for March 20, 2012
Thwaites to spend £1m on 40 pubs
Daniel Thwaites, the Lancashire brewer and pub operator, is to increase investments in its estate over the next 12 months, with a £1m spend planned at 40 pubs.
Hoggwards nets first pub in West Sussex
Industry veterans Adam Hogg and Richard Ward have set up a new company to run food-led pubs in southern England.
Minimum pricing signals brands war
Talk of the introduction of minimum pricing in England and Wales continues to gain momentum, spurred on by the vocal support of David Cameron. Whether or not this comes to fruition, it is my view that alcohol will become more expensive in the off-trade.
The Big Interview: Peter Thomas
It’s 1974. A working class boy made good from the valleys is keen to make even better. Peter Thomas, Bass’s first graduate trainee in Wales, is working a patch for the brewer containing 21 pubs on a road 12 miles long and is about to negotiate his first...
The issue with the machine tie
‘Phil just has a thing about machines,’ Neil Robertson, former BII chief executive, would inform those assembled. Or he’d say ‘Phil will no doubt wish to comment he has a bit of an issue with machines’.
Number of pubs sold before auctions surges
A higher proportion of pubs that go under the hammer are being snapped up prior to the event — that’s according to Sidney Phillips, which has seen a 40% increase in properties selling before auctions.
Licensed Trade Charity refocuses direct services
An ageing population, difficult labour market and Government funding cuts have contributed to a doubling in demand for the services of the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) in the past six years.